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WGCA52 TJSJ 212132

FFWSJU

PRC017-091-145-220100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

515 PM AST FRI APR 21 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED THE



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     MANATI

     BARCELONETA



* UNTIL 900 PM AST



* AT 515 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

ONLY LIGHT SHOWERS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ALSO...THE RIVER LEVEL 

SENSOR AT RIO GRANDE DE MANATI INDICATED THAT THE WATER LEVELS WERE 

DECREASING SLOWLY ALONG ITS RIVER BASIN. 



HOWEVER...STREETS...UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE 

AREAS ARE STILL UNDER WATER. ALTHOUGH THE RIO GRANDE DE MANATI HAS 

STARTED TO COME DOWN...THE RIVER LEVEL CONTINUES ABOVE NORMAL. 

THEREFORE...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED 

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 900 PM AST.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. RAPID RISES IN

RIVER LEVELS ARE LIKELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING 

WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. 

ALSO...MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.



LAT...LON 1846 6657 1846 6649 1838 6643 1846 6641

      1849 6643 1849 6635 1841 6635 1836 6638

      1838 6646 1836 6649



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